2019
Sarem Hailemariam
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Peter M.J. Burgers
Thesis Title: Regulation of the yeast checkpoint kinase Tel1 by the MRX complex and telomere regulator Rif2
Samarth Hegde
Program: Molecular Cell Biology
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: David G. DeNardo
Thesis Title: T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer is undermined due to dendritic cell dysfunction
Nicole Howard
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Shabaana Abdul Khader
Thesis Title: The role of rifampicin resistance mutations in host immune modulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nicholas Jarjour
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Brian T. Edelson
Thesis Title: The transcription factor Bhlhe40 regulates tissue-resident macrophages and type 2 immunity
Andrew Jezewski
Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Audrey R. Odom John
Thesis Title: Coordinated Control of Carbon Metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum
Min Jung
Program: Human and Statistical Genetics
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Donald Franklin Conrad
Thesis Title: Development and Application of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Framework in Male Infertility
Zuzana Kocsisova
Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Stephen "Kerry" K. Kornfeld
Thesis Title: Aging of the reproductive system and of germline stem cells in Caenorhabditis
Nathan Kopp
Program: Human and Statistical Genetics
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Joseph D. Dougherty
Thesis Title: Determining the Genetic Contributions of the Williams Syndrome Critical Region to Behavior Using Mouse Models and Human Genetics
Chin-Wen Lai
Program: Immunology
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck
Thesis Title: Mesothelium-derived factors shape tissue resident macrophages
Brian Lananna
Program: Neurosciences
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Erik S. Musiek
Thesis Title: The degenerating star clock: Circadian clock regulation of astrogliosis and implications for Alzheimer’s disease.